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[HCDX] Cancel TV and Radio Martí, he writes.
http://kimelli.nfshost.com/
Cancel TV and Radio Martí, he writes. "For years now, the U.S. has tried to beam television programs into Cuba. The Cubans have by and large managed to block them out so the U.S. is now having the signals broadcast from a plane. This is most expensive and has had questionable success. In any event, the programs are broadcast during the dawn hours, so it is doubtful that many people would be watching even if they could receive the signals. The whole exercise simply makes us look foolish. TV Marti should be cancelled, and in fact so should Radio Marti; rather, we should go back to programs on the VOA. These were widely listened to in Cuba and had great credibility, something Radio Marti has never had." Wayne S. Smith, Counterpunch, 8 January 2009.
TV Marti during the "dawn hours"? In keeping with the typically poor job that U.S. international broadcasting websites do in providing schedule information about USIB radio and television, to find the TV Martí transmission schedule, go to martinoticias.com and click not on TV Martí but on Radio Martí Frecuencia (as if there were only one frecuencia). There, TV Martí is shown to transmit (presumably via the airplane) on channel 13 at 18:00-22:00 Eastern Time. That schedule also shows TV Martí 24-hours via satellite.
VOA Spanish remains audible (and unjammed) in Cuba via shortwave. The VOA Spanish "Ventana al Caribe" program reports about Cuban events.
Shortwave, because of its natural resistance to jamming, remains the best bet for getting uncensored news into Cuba. However, satellite television (to illegal satellite dishes) and the internet are becoming more viable for this purpose.
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